What Are Your Life Goals?Exemplo

Righteousness

“Pursue righteousness” (1 Timothy 6:11)

The first goal that a man or woman of God should pursue, is righteousness. But before you roll up your sleeves and start pursuing this virtue, take a minute to read what the Bible says: “None is righteous, no not one” (Romans 3:10). So, does God ask the impossible of us?

When we humans were first created, we were able to live righteous lives. But since our hearts have been affected by sin, we can’t please God anymore: “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). No matter how hard we try, we can’t live righteously anymore. Our efforts are doomed to fail. 

However, the good news is that Jesus Christ’s sacrificial death pays for our sins and makes us right with God again, through faith in Him. Jesus even says that He has not come to earth for people who think they are already righteous, but to save sinners. If we believe in Him and surrender to Him, He cleanses our hearts and enables us to pursue righteousness.

Apart from Jesus, we can do nothing (see John 15:5). But if His Spirit lives in us, our lives will bear the peaceful fruit of righteousness.

Have you accepted God’s gift of righteousness for yourself?